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  • Reaping the Whirlwind – II: Allah vs Army
    D Suba Chandran    ·   18 Jul, 2003    ·    #1083    ·    Commentary    
    (Article Review: Stephen Cohen, "The Jihadist threat to Pakistan," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003, 26;3, pp.7-25.) Elsewhere, Cohen emphasizes that "unless Pakistan is defeated in a war or undergoes an internal split o...
  • Reaping the Whirlwind – I: Jihadis vs Pakistan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   18 Jul, 2003    ·    #1082    ·    Commentary    
    (Article Review: Stephen Cohen, "The Jihadist threat to Pakistan," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003, 26;3, pp.7-25.) One of the major concerns in both India and elsewhere about Pakistan has been the increasing rol...
  • Challenges to Naga Integration
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1081    ·    Commentary    
    The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is poised for another extension beyond July 31, amidst lingering hopes and aspirations that the solution to t...
  • We will contribute to the peace process: Abdul Gani Bhat
    Amin Masoodi    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1080    ·    Commentary    
    Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), in an exclusive interview to the IPCS shared his views on current developments in Kashmir How do you see the recent Indo-Pak peace diplomacy? Do you think that it...
  • Narco-trafficking: Non-military threat in India’s Eastern Border
    Nihar Nayak    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1079    ·    Commentary    
    Narco-trafficking is very closely associated with insurgency in Northeast India. Porous borders, proximity to the Golden Triangle, constant ethnic conflict, unemployment, poverty and transit to international market, are the main factors underlyi...
  • Rendezvous at Camp David: Disappointment or Euphoria?
    S Sasikumar & M Saravanan    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1078    ·    Commentary    
    The US has made a definitive statement regarding its overall approach/intentions towards Pakistan. The red carpet treatment meted out to General Musharraf, including the visit to Camp David is lost on no one. It became obvious that the renewal o...
  • Uranium Heist
    Gargi    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1077    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 May 2003, the Bangladeshi police arrested four suspected members of a militant Islamic group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in village Puiya while smuggling uranium. The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that the recovered football-size...
  • An Alarming Threat
    Snehasis Das    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1076    ·    Commentary    
    Harassed by the ever-growing insecurity over availability of fossil fuels, India has recently decided to establish a strategic resource of petrol and diesel for six months consumption. On the other hand, the finance ministry is getting restless ...
  • Media Reflects Assembly Proceedings (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley 16-23 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   15 Jul, 2003    ·    #1075    ·    Commentary    
    Indo-Pak dialogue; Freedom Struggle; Role of J&K Police; NC government; and killing of former Minister for Law, Mushtaq Lone, raised much hue and cry in the Assembly. These events shared prominent space in the Urdu dailies in the Kashmir Val...
  • Lessons of Surankote
       ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1074    ·    Commentary    
    Operation Sarp Vinash at Surankote brought into light the existence of a fully functional transit camp with arms and ammunition, communication equipment and large stores of ration that could sustain 500 men for at least 15 days. Surankote,...
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